leaning

Adjective

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
  • the leaning tower of Pisa
    
  • the headstones were tilted
    

Noun

• the act of deviating from a vertical position

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
  • the tower had a pronounced tilt
    
  • the ship developed a list to starboard
    
  • he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
    

• a natural inclination
  • he has a proclivity for exaggeration
    

• an inclination to do something
  • he felt leanings toward frivolity
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  atilt , canted , tilted , tipped , tilt , list , inclination , lean , proclivity , propensity , tendency